西天

Chinese

		west	day; sky; heaven
simp. and trad. (西天)		西	天

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xītiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄊㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai¹ tin¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): se-thian
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹shi-thi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xītiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sitian
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-tʻien¹
    • Yale: syī-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shitian
    • Palladius: ситянь (sitjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai¹ tin¹
    • Yale: sāi tīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai¹ tin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei¹ tin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: se-thian
    • Tâi-lô: se-thian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: se'tiefn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /se⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /se³³ tʰiɛn³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /se⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹shi-thi
    • MiniDict: shi^平 thi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xi-thi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕi⁵⁵ tʰi²¹/

Noun

西天

1. (Buddhism) the western skies; ancient India
2. (Buddhism) Western Paradise; Sukhavati
3. (euphemistic) heaven, the place that a person goes to after death

Synonyms

• 西方 (xīfāng)

Derived terms

• 上西天 (shàng xītiān)